A 15-mW fully integrated I/Q synthesizer for Bluetooth in 0.18-μm CMOS

Author

Leenaerts, Domine M W ; Vaucher, Cicero S. ; Bergveld, Henk Jan ; Thompson, Michael ; Moore, Kevin

Author_Institution

Philips Res. Labs., Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

38

Issue

7

fYear

2003

fDate

7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1155

Lastpage

1162

Abstract

A low-power fully integrated synthesizer for Bluetooth applications is presented. The circuit with quadrature output signals at 2.45 GHz and 15-mW power dissipation has been designed in a digital 0.18-μm CMOS process with 1.8-V supply voltage. The only external component is a 64-MHz crystal. Measurements have been performed on packaged samples mounted on an FR-4 board and show that the Bluetooth requirements are met. The measured phase noise is below -120 dBc/Hz at 3-MHz offset, and the resulting residual frequency modulation is 7.4-kHz rms. The tuning range consists of an analog and digital tuning mechanism, resulting in more than 15% overall tuning range.

Keywords

Bluetooth; CMOS integrated circuits; circuit tuning; frequency modulation; frequency synthesizers; low-power electronics; phase noise; 0.18 micron; 1.8 V; 15 mW; 2.45 GHz; Bluetooth system; CMOS technology; FR-4 board; frequency modulation; low-power fully-integrated I/Q synthesizer; phase noise; tuning range; Bluetooth; CMOS process; Integrated circuit measurements; Performance evaluation; Power dissipation; Signal design; Signal processing; Synthesizers; Tuning; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2003.813242

Filename

1208464